Online Gaming Is the New Bowling League

Video games are good for you—and good for democracy, too. With all the talk of violence, addiction, and isolation, such an idea is not intuitive. But a recent study showed that online game communities provide access to social capital.

Video games are good for
you—and good for democracy,
too. With all the talk of violence,
addiction, and isolation, such an
idea is not intuitive. But a recent
study showed that online game
communities provide access to
social capital. “Online gaming
has a positive effect not only on
each gamer’s life, but also on
society as a whole,” says Tetsuro
Kobayashi, a social psychologist
at the National Institute of
Informatics in Tokyo.

“Online game players have
been seen as nerds or socially
less...

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